#UseTech4Good Youth Extravaganza

Thursday, November 2: 6:30-8:30pm @ Utah Valley Convention Center

Please join us for this FREE EVENT (for ages 10 and up) held at the Utah Valley Convention Center (220 W. Center Street, Provo, UT) from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Elementary, junior high, high school, and college students will showcase various ways that they #UseTech4Good.

Enjoy our special guest performances by the Piano Gal, American Idol finalist Jenn Blosil, and SCERA Youth Theatre's national award-winning high school company, Acting UP! The Piano Gal (Sara Arkell) will be providing pre-Extravaganza entertainment during the reception from 5:45-6:25.

Giveaways will include Studio C swag! Thanks also to Chick-fil-A, Cotopaxi, DigCitKids, and The Upstander Brand for giveaways.

We are especially hopeful that parents and mentors of children/youth will attend this landmark event along with children and youth.

Free Community Events

Free Community Events

Friday, November 3: 4-6pm / 7-9pm @ Various Locations

Summit meetings will end at 3:00 p.m. on November 3 to enable Summit attendees to also attend the free Community Outreach Events. These events will be held at various locations in the Salt Lake City area and Utah Valley on Friday afternoon and evening, November 3. These free events are open to the public.

The purpose of these events is to bring the energy of the summit and the Positive DigCit Movement to the public, and to give people in local communities a chance to interact with Summit attendees to understand better what this Movement is about. We especially want parents to feel the hope and excitement that comes when focusing on working with kids to use tech for good. Of course we have to protect kids from harm, but we can and should also explore and experience the potential good that can be done when digital technologies are used deliberately with a focus on helping others.

Please see below for a list of events.

If you are coming to the Summit, please let us know if you are willing to help volunteer. We will need ushers, meet-and-greeters, and social media sharers at these events. Email info@digcitsummit2017.com if you are interested in getting involved.

AAI - South Jordan @ 6:30 p.m. - "Humanize the Virtual"

Host: AAI (American Academy of Innovation)

Location: 5410 W. South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, UT, 84009

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Topic: "Humanize the Virtual"

Description:

In line with AAI’s project-based learning model, students, working with teacher mentors, will create a range of projects centered on the concept of Digital Citizenship. Our focus is “Humanize the Virtual” and our students are creating and planning an interactive evening. We are excited to host an event that includes projects such as virtual reality, drone races, history of technology, 3D pens, effects of social media on the brain, our emotional and mental health and much, much more. Our key-note speaker, Marialice Curran (co-founder of the Digital Citizenship Summit) will conclude our evening while you enjoy appetizers. This will be a fun, informative, hands-on event during which we will bring our humanity to the virtual world, and increase the good created using technology.

The goal of this workshop will be to have participants thinking and collaborating about how they can leverage the power of social media to enact positive change in the world. Facilitated by Sarah Thomas, national Digital Citizenship expert.

Workshop 2: "Everyone is a Maker - Building Stronger Communities"

Our discussion will center around the benefits of Making as it relates to giving back to others. The workshop will include Maker challenges to inspire service for others. Facilitated by Jaime Donally, national Digital Citizenship expert.

Access is an important topic in our digital world. Equal access is often discussed almost exclusively in terms of access to devices. While this is obviously a critical facet of access, there are also many other elements of access that are important to consider. This discussion will explore a variety of access issues with the hope to expand people's understanding of how we can improve access in a multiplicity of ways.

Spring Lavallee of the Magna library will facilitate multiple small youth groups who will use Text, Talk, Act to engage youth in discussions about mental illness. Text, Talk, Act employs technology/multi-media and face-to-face discussion to inspire community action in the area of mental health. Student participants will include Hope Squad (school youth suicide prevention team). Mental health experts will also be in attendance.

To our knowledge, there is only one documentary exploring the idea of youth using technology in positive ways, and it was created by students. We're excited to show this mini-documentary, Positively Social, at this Community event, and to engage youth from the community (including refugee and minority youth) in discussions about how youth can #UseTech4Good. Youth and adults alike are welcome to come observe this discussion, which will be facilitated by the International Rescue Committee.

Description: Positively Social Screening and facilitated community discussion on how to #UseTech4Good.

To our knowledge, there is only one documentary exploring the idea of youth using technology in positive ways, and it was created by students. We're excited to show this mini-documentary, Positively Social, at this Community event, and to engage youth and adults in the community in brainstorming ways that kids and adults can work side-by-side to #UseTech4Good.

The “Silicon Slopes” tech sector in Utah is growing so much that we can’t keep up with job demand from talent within the state. This community discussion will focus on brainstorming ways we might be able to meet tech sector needs in the present while also planning for longer-term solutions.

Stevens-Henager College - Orem @ 7:00 p.m. - "#Millennials4Good"

Host: Stevens-Henager College

Location: 1476 Sandhill Rd, Orem, UT 84058

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Theme: Millennials sometimes get a bad rap in today's digital world. And yet, Millennials are often the ones leading inspiring movements to make a difference in our world. This event is especially for college students who want to be involved in making a positive difference, using technology to magnify the good that can be done. We also invite those who work with or want to engage more with Millennials in collaborative efforts. National Digital Citizenship Summit guest speakers/facilitators include Mark Babbitt, Meaghan Davis, Jamiah Bennett, Mar Amador.

Location: TribeHouse Event Center: 575 E University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84097 (Event Center entrance is located on the north side of the University Mall, just off of 1100 South (south of Costco))

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Topic: "Prevention Science as a Framework for Digital Citizenship"

Description:

As part of the DigCitSummit, Impero Software has sponsored a collaborative white paper to explore how prevention science might be a good model for digital health and citizenship for children/youth. In prevention science, research shows that both reducing risks AND fostering positive, protective factors in a child's life are essential to good prevention. The focus of the discussion will be to expand conversations to help parents, educators, and others think about the combination of approaches that can be beneficial to helping kids stay safe AND to be healthy individuals as well as deliberate, positive digital citizens.

Location: TribeHouse Event Center: 575 E University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84097 (Event Center entrance is located on the north side of the University Mall, just off of 1100 South (south of Costco))

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Theme: Parenting in a digital age can feel overwhelming and sometimes even frightening. We need each other to navigate this complex world in which we are living. Hear various perspectives on parenting in a digital age, engage panelists in Q&A, and interact with other parents who care about how to both reduce risks and to foster positive and deliberate digital use in our homes.